Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 December 2008
Result
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 13 December 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Valencia defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Román Martínez opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Valencia's goals came from Albiol (57') and Vicente (81'). Espanyol scored through Román Martínez (28').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 27 points from 14 and Espanyol 18th on 13 points from 14. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Espanyol's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Rufete
- 21'Yellow card · Román Martínez
- 28'Goal · Román Martínez
- 33'Yellow card · Manuel Fernandes
- 38'Second yellow · Rufete
- 57'Goal · Albiol
- 63'Yellow card · Jesús Lacruz
- 66'Yellow card · Emiliano Moretti
- 79'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 79'Yellow card · C. Kameni
- 81'Goal · Vicente
- 89'Yellow card · Albelda
- 90+2'Yellow card · Grégory Béranger
- 90+2'Yellow card · Miguel
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Renan, Raúl Albiol, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda, Rubén Baraja
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Jesús Lacruz, Grégory Béranger, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, Román Martínez, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Rufete